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The issuing authority for permits are the local police, or the state police. As of October 15, 2015, a permit is not needed to carry a firearm – concealed or open – in the state of Maine, provided that the carrier is legally allowed to own a gun and is over 21 or a member or veteran of the military and over age 18.
The Maine State Police is responsible for issuing concealed handgun permits in the state, as well as issuing permits to out-of-state residents. Each year they process around 4,000 applications, the state police issues permits for residents of rural areas, residents of city/towns are issued permits by that city/town's police department.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Maine. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 146 law enforcement agencies employing 2,569 sworn police officers, about 195 for each 100,000 residents.
Typically, Lewiston and Auburn police departments worked hand-in-hand with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, exchanging information instantaneously, but this time, “when Maine State ...
In March 2011, Utah adopted the M1911 pistol as its state firearm. This gun was designed by Ogden, Utah native John Browning.The adoption was supported by Republican Utah State Representative Carl Wimmer, who said, "It does capture a portion of Utah's history" and "even bigger than that, it captures a portion of American history."
Law enforcement officers had probable cause to confiscate the firearms from Robert Card and take him into protective custody before he went on a shooting rampage in northern Maine, but failed to ...
Aug. 29—Law enforcement agencies in Maine have two options to ascertain whether an impaired driver is under the influence of cannabis, York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. said. One option ...
President George W. Bush signs the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, June 22, 2004.. The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) is a United States federal law, enacted in 2004, that allows two classes of persons—the "qualified law enforcement officer" and the "qualified retired or separated law enforcement officer"—to carry a concealed firearm in any jurisdiction in the United ...